Postdoc: Global Marine Ecosystem Modelling Fellow

University of South Hampton; Southampton; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Southampton is seeking a Research Fellow in Global Marine Ecosystem Modelling to investigate how phytoplankton physiology affects ocean carbon cycling. The postdoc will work on a UK-US project based at Southampton, collaborating with MIT and other partners to implement and assess physiological sub-models within an ocean model.

The role requires strong quantitative and programming skills and experience with numerical modelling.

Qualifications

• Strong quantitative and programming skills.
• Experience developing or analysing numerical models.
• Background in marine ecology/oceanography/biogeochemistry or applied mathematics would be beneficial.
• Experience with Fortran, HPC and/or marine ecosystem models would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Develop and test numerical models for global ocean simulations.
• Implement and evaluate physiological sub-models in MIT virtual ocean environment.
• Analyse model outputs alongside oceanographic observations.
• Contribute to publications and present findings at conferences.

Skills

Quantitative skills

Programming

Numerical modelling

Marine ecology background

Education

PhD in marine biology/oceanography/biogeochemistry

Tools

Fortran

High-performance computing

MITgcm-Darwin model

Job description

University of Southampton is seeking a Research Fellow in Global Marine Ecosystem Modelling to investigate how phytoplankton physiology affects ocean carbon cycling. The postdoc will work on a UK-US project based at Southampton, collaborating with MIT and other partners to implement and assess physiological sub-models within an ocean model.

The role requires strong quantitative and programming skills and experience with numerical modelling.